Below you will find four interviews conducted by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! The first is a 2008 interview with Gore Vidal about where we’ve come from – up to and including the Bush years. The second, third, and forth are 2012 interviews with Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges, and Ralph Nader, respectively, summarizing Obama’s first term and giving us a glimpse of what to expect for the next four years.

Obama did nothing to alter the trajectory of the US, so of course it is going to keep on the same path – straying from traditional legal conceits like due process, towards the notion of unregulated free markets, towards US military adventurism, etc.

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Not much one could add to that other than while Obama essentially manages Saint Reagan’s ninth term in office, Team Red will scream about living in “one nation under socialism” while Team Blue defends their guy now matter how blatantly he sells them out.

Oh, those kooky Republicans, what will they think of believe in next? Via AlterNet: A staggering 68 percent of registered Republican voters stated that they believe demonic possession is real. Meanwhile, only 48 percent...